MIP for Managers

Vibration Based Machinery Improvement® for Supervisors and Managers

To give supervisors and managers the knowledge and insights needed to manage and support a successful Machinery Improvement® Program, weighing both the management issues and technical fundamentals.

Formats

Two days

Two-and-a-half days

Summary

No other single maintenance approach offers greater and faster returns than an effective Machinery Improvement Program. Unfortunately, many plant personnel in decision-making roles lack a thorough understanding of Machinery Improvement and the significant potential of an effective program. Within such programs, over 70 percent of the machinery improvement activities require decisions from a supervisor or manager. Through this special seminar, supervisors and managers learn techniques that increase machinery availability and at the same time reduce maintenance costs. Also gained is an understanding of the close relationship between vibration and Machinery Improvement and how to best support this important activity within your organization for maximum returns.

Many plants consistently report annual maintenance savings in excess of $1 million, and often over $3 million, as a direct result of their Machinery Improvement Programs. We show the participant how to quantify savings and document actual plant successes. Case histories highlight the key elements of successful programs.

Learn How to Involve a Maximum Number of People in Vibration Control

Maximizing the effectiveness of your maintenance people is an important part of minimizing maintenance costs. An effective approach is shifting “routine” vibration control activities to crafts people and to some machine operators. This allows the core group of vibration specialists to concentrate more effectively on higher level work. Participants gain helpful insights on what specific tasks are best suited for people in different job categories.

Technical Understanding of Machinery Vibration

To effectively support a Machinery Improvement Program, today’s decision maker must have a solid grasp of vibration fundamentals and how they are applied towards improving the machinery performance. The supervisor and manager will come away from this course with a working understanding of vibration units, spectrum analysis, phase, resonance, as well as misalignment, unbalance, and other common vibration problems.

Who Should Attend:

Maintenance Supervisors, Planners and Schedulers

Maintenance and Operations Managers

Plant Engineers and Managers

Anyone responsible for the supervision of others in rotating machinery work

Course Content

Management

Case histories on financially-related goals

Easy-to-implement craft level routines to obtain smoother running machinery than when new

How some companies ensure they get the quality of work they require

Vibration program facets that have produced the highest financial savings

Determining the present state of your program:

What parts are worth filling in

Getting your program into higher gear

Monitoring the financial results rather than just machinery

How some companies have successfully incorporated vibration prevention, basic analysis, and correction to area technicians, thereby relieving the core group for higher level work

Techniques for simplifying vibration reports for greater effectiveness and readability

Various approaches to vibration programs based on financial returns

Technical

Understanding symptoms for misalignment including phase, amplitude, and spectrum analysis